Dr. Lynda Bourne
Melbourne, Australia


Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd
Dr. Lynda Bourne is Managing Director of Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd – an Australian based company with partners in South America and Europe. Through this global network she works with organisations to manage change through managing the relationships essential for successful delivery of organisational outcomes. Lynda was the first graduate of the RMIT University, Doctor of Project Management course, where her research was focussed on tools and techniques for more effective stakeholder engagement. She has been recognised in the field of project management through her work on development of project and program management standards. She was also included in PMI’s list of 50 most influential women in PM.
She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) and a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS). She is a recognized international speaker and seminar leader on the topic of stakeholder management, the Stakeholder Circle® visualization tool, and building credibility and reputation for more effective communication. She has extensive experience as a Senior Project Manager and Project Director specializing in delivery of information technology and other business-related projects within the telecommunications sector, working as a Senior IT Project Management Consultant with various telecommunications companies in Australia and South East Asia (primarily in Malaysia) including senior roles with Optus and Telstra.
Dr Bourne’s publications include: Stakeholder Relationship Management, now in 2nd edition, published in 2009, Advising Upwards published in 2011, and Making Projects Work, published in 2015. She has also contributed to books on stakeholder engagement, and has published papers in many academic and professional journals and is blogger for PMI’s Voices on Project Management.
Dr. Bourne can be contacted at lyndab@stakeholder-management.com
Books
Making Projects Work (CRC Press, 2015)Advising Upwards (Gower, 2011)
Stakeholder Relationship Management (Gower, 2009)
Articles and Papers
- Facilitating Change (Project Management in the time of Covid) - Series Article - Bourne -
- Rethinking Communication (Project Management in the time of Covid) - Series Article - Bourne -
- Rethinking Teams (Project Management in the time of Covid) - Series Article - Bourne -
- Rethinking Leadership and Governance (Project Management in the time of Covid) - Series Article - Bourne -
- Uncertainty – Is it time to rethink? (Project Management in the time of Covid) - Series Article - Bourne -
- The Secret Ingredient for Successful Project Leadership - Second Editions - Bourne -
- ESEI Stakeholder Management – Series Conclusion (Series on Stakeholder Engagement) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- The SRMM model for stakeholder management maturity and governance - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Stakeholder Management is no longer optional (Series on Stakeholder Engagement) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Communicating for Effect - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Communication Planning (Series on Stakeholder Engagement) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- The three types of stakeholder communication - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Monitoring the ‘health’ of your stakeholder community (Series on Effective Stakeholder Engagement) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Assess Your Stakeholders’ Attitudes - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Understanding and visualizing your stakeholder community - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Stakeholder Identification and Prioritization - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Stakeholders and Risk (Series on Stakeholder Engagement) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Why Effective Stakeholder Management is Free - Series Articles - Bourne -
- Stakeholder Theory (Series on Stakeholder Engagement) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- ESEI Stakeholder Management: Introduction to a Series (Series on Program/Project Stakeholders) - Series Articles - Bourne -
- The six functions of governance - Advisory Articles - Bourne -
- On Stakeholder Management - Letter to the Editor - Bourne -
- Advances in Project Management Series: Communicating Upwards for Effect - Series Articles - Bourne -